Machine for making barrels



March 17. 1 925.

E. F. BEUGLER MACHINE FOR MAKING BARRE LS Filed June 22, 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet i March 17. 1925.

E. F. BEUGLER MACHINE FOR MAKING BARRELS Filed June 22, 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 March 17. 1925.

E. F. BEUGLER MACHINE FOR MAKING BARRELS Filed June 22 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Imu- I fvzvelz df;

March 17. 1925.

E. F. BEUGLER MACHINE FOR MAKING BARRELS I .Filed June 22, 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Jazz/411?);

Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITED STAT- s EDWIN 'r. EUGLE or UFFALO, new YORK, .nssronon To is. & 13. ntr es .lVLA CHINERY COMPANY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, e oonroe rron or E YORK.

MA'CHJIN'E EETR MAKING BAzRRELS.

kpplieaition filed June 22, 1922. Serial 5mm.

To aZZ'whom it may cancer 2t:

Be it kHOWH that I, EDWIN F. Bnoonnn, a citizen of the United States, residing in Buffalo, in the county oif Erie and State of New Yonk, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Barrels, of which the following is a specific-a-v tion.

This invention relates to a nmchi-ne tor inalting barrels and is ot the type in which the staves are first assembled loosely upon a suitable support and then drawn together about the head 'for receiving the hoops.

Its object is to preside an improved machine of this character iiiliichz'is Slll'lplle and compact in construction, which enables barrels to be made expeditiously with a minimum expenditure of labor and power, and which requires no special skill or undue e tfort on the ipart'ot theoperator for manipulating it.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of a barrel making machine embodying my improvements, Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof. Figure 3 is ian'ele-vation viewf the right :hand side of the machine. Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section on line et4, Fig. 2 and showing the barrel staves as: sembled'rloosely on them-achine before being drawn together about the head. Figure 5 is an enlarged transverse section on line 5 5, Fig. 2. Figure 6 is anienlarged frogmentary vertical section taken substantially in the plane of line 6-6., Fig. .2. Figure 7 is on enlarged fragmentary horizontal section on line 7-7, ig. 1. .Figure '8 is a vertioal'seotion on line 88, Fig. 7 Figure 9 is a perspective of the rotatable 'c am ring for ac justing-thecable loop supporting rods.

Figure 10 is an *enlarged plen View of the cable loop and associated parts. Fig-"tire 11 iszafragmentary front view thereof. Figure 12 is afragmentar T sectional YlGW :of a barrel showing the headin place. Figure l3fis an enlarged horizontal section on line 1-3-13, Fig. 3.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In its general 'oiganjzation, the machine comprises a main "theme for supporting its working parts, a platform for supporting the staves refit a .bemielin a loosely assembled condition preparatory to securing the heat in i s upi e d, .2 ver i ally mova e ad support for holding-the head in alinement with the crozc in the steyes preparatory .to contracting them about the head, means for compressing the stoves abou tithe heed, and a unitary, manually operated device for, sues cessively actuating said head (support and said stavecompressingmeans, e

The main frame of the machine comprises a base 15 which terminates its rear end in a substantially upright bra cket L6.

17 rep n s t e herre' upp rting Pil t'orm which is arranged, oentrally aboqiie'ithe base 15 mounted for vertical adjustment relatively thereto for .Inuling barrels which vary in height, the preferred :mea-ns tor this purpose comprising a plurality of upright supporting rods orl eg's 18 secured at their upper-endstto the underside of the platform While their lower -enl$ engage vertical socket-s 19 formed on (said base. Each supporting rod is provided near its lower end uitliayentical row of holes :20 for receiv- I inge cotter pin .21 {which is adapted to rest on the upper end of the correspondingsooket 19 for :suptport-in-gthe platform inua set ,-position. The latter is provided :in its top with a central opening 22 and resting on the same about said. opening is aqcenteringming having depending centering "lugs 24L which are adapted to bear against the edge of the opening, a-sc-leairly shown in Figs. '7 and 8.. .Reino-yably fitted over this centening ringis an annular istayesupporting-plate 125 which is provided at its outer edge with a. marginal bzise flange 26.. form? ing :a oiroular seat for supporting the. lower ends cit a :set of .staves 2.7 of a :harrel in 'a loosely assembled: condition preparatory to securing the heard 28 between the upper ends of the :staves end applying the upper hoop 28 to thze outer sides thereof. For harrels of di erent di meters, ditfel'ent sized upponti g plates 5 are employed, t ng only necessary to substitute one plate for another of .a;:size corresponding tothe diameter of the barrels to be made on the machine; Bythis constr n, stening devices :are, required and the parts 23, can be readily applied to and removed tron-1 the plattorm when; desired.

The istaves are held in an annular row in a substantially vertmal position by a. bilge or ll'filiflklllhng hoopz29 surrounding :the strives at a point below the bilge line ofthe barrel in Fig. 4.

ends of the "staves are fitted snugly and tightly together within an end hoop 32 resting on theplatform and encircling the base flange of the supporting plate 25, as shown 33 represents a. vertically movable head support'which is preferably constructed in the form of a diskand which is adapted to support the head in line with the croze at the upper ends ofthe staves preparatory to the operation of contracting or compressing the staves about the head. This head support is mounted on a spider 34 secured to the upper end of a lifting tube 35 guided for vertical movement on an upright rod 36 extending centrally through the platform opening 22 and suitably fastened at its lower endto the base 15, as shown in Fig. 6.

To elevate the head support 33 quickly and with very little effort on the part of the operator, a system of levers and con necting links are employed, which, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6, preferably comprise a vertically-swinging treadle or foot lever 37 fulcrumed intermediate its ends on the base 15 of the machine, a divided or seetional lever 38, 39 pivoted to swing vertically'on a horizontal pin 40 located at the front end of said base, a vertically swinging elevating lever 41 disposed opposite the sectional lever and fulcrumed at its rear end on a pivot pin 42 secured in the upper rear end of-the upright bracket 16, a link 43 connecting the comparatively long rear arm 44 of the lever section 38 with the elevating lever 41 at a point forwardly of its fulcrum, and an upright lifting link 45 connected atv its lower end to the front shown in Fig. 2 and disposed below and in the path of movementof the foot lever 37.

. These lever sections are so connected with each other that during the initial operating or down stroke of the foot lever 37, the same are adapted to swing as a single lever or unit about the fulcrum pin 40 to cause the head support 33 to be raised into the upper end of the barrel, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6, while on the final down stroke of said foot lever the lever section 39 rocks independently of its companion section 38 for a purpose hereinafter de-' scribed. To this end a yielding connection 8 is employed between these levers which preferably consists of a coil spring 49 connected at its front endto-'the upright arm 5190f the bell crank lever 39 while its rear end is connected to the arm 44 of the lever section 38. An adjustable stop 51 mounted on said arm and abutting against a forwardly. facing shoulder 52,011 the short, arm. 47 of the lever section 38 serves to hold the companionlever section 39 from swinging upwardly about its plvot 46 under the pressure of the spring 49. In the normal inoperatlve position of these lever sections,

shown by full lines inFig. 6, said spring I is under tension and disposed at an angle to the lever arm; 44 so that its front end is above the sectional lever fulcrum 40. Upon the initial downward stroke of the foot lever 37 the same contacts with the arm 48 of the lever section 39 and swings it together with the rear section 38 in a corresponding direction, this being due to the initial tension on the spring 49, which for the time being holds the lever'sections' 38 and 39 immovable relatively to each other and thus compels the lever section 38 to move upwardly to raise the head support to the position shown'by dotted lines in Fig. 6. In otherwords, the spring 49 tends constantly to hold the stop 51 of the lever section 39 against the stop shoulder 52 of the lever section 38 during the initial operative stroke of the foot lever. A suspension spring 53 normally under tension and fastened at its lower end to the elevating lever 41 assists the elevating operation of the head support, requiring only alittle effort on the part of the operator for this purpose. This spring also functions to cushion the return or downward movement of the head support and associated parts.

Means are provided for positively arrest ing the upward movement of thehead sup port so that the barrel head is positioned properly in line with the croze in the staves. The preferred means for accomplishing this result consist of a flexible connection 54 which may be in the form of a chain fastened at one end to the elevating lever 41 and at its other end to an adjustable windlassing drum 55 having a handle 56 fulcrumed on a vertical stud 57 secured to the base 15 of the machine, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 this stud and hearing at its lowerend against the drum and at its upper end against a retaining washer 59 serves to frictionally hold said drum in adjusted po-'- sition. By turning the druinhandle in one direction or the other, the active length of the stop chain is increased or decreased to correspondingly limit the height to which the head support isto be raised. As shown in Fig. 6, this chain passes through a guide opening 60 in the rear portion of the base 15, so that in the elevated position of the lever '41 that'portion ofthe' chain between JON and 6. A spring 58 surrounding the latter and said guide openingis distended in a substantially vertical line.

The contraction of the upper ends of the set of st-aves for engaging the croze thereof with the edge of the barrel head preparatory to applying the upper hoop 2'8 thereto is effected by means which preferably oomp'rises a flexible lineor draw cable havin'gits central part doubled to form a loop or noose 61. adapted to embrace or surround the up per ends of the barrel 'staves, Whilefthe ends of said cable are connected with means for pulling or drawing them in opposite directions for tighteningthe loo-p around the stares and 'causiing't'he latter to be contracted into engagement with the barrel head. The -i're-terred means for thus drawing out the ends of the cable comprisetwo horizontally n'iovabl'e slides or carriages 68, '68 to Which the opposite ends of said cable are detacha-bly connected, respectively, and which are arranged to slide forwardly diverging guide rods 64 arranged transversely above the rear part o'f' the platform 1-? and fastened at their inner-ends to a vertically adjustable, clamping collar mounted near the uprer end of an uprifgl-rt sup-porting post 66 suit-- ably fastened at its lower end to the lease brael'ret 16, as shown in Fl. 3. These'oa ble slides are caused to move toward and from each other for either loosening or tightening the loop of the cable by means which include a vertically movable toggle slide '6? guided on the post 66, two toggle bars or Links 68 connecting opposite sides 'o-t' th e toggle slide with the corresponding cable slides 63, an elevating or hoisting chain 69 passing around a pulley T0 journaled in a. housing n secured to the upper end of said post and fastened at one end to said toggle slide and at its other end a winding drunr72 for-med on the hub of a shiftalble clutch member 73 mounted on a horizontal arbor '74 carried by an extension 750f the base bracket 16. said shittable clutch member is adapted to be moved into and out of frietionalengagemerrt with its companion clutch member 76, which latter may be formed on the inner side of the rim of a driving pulley 77 also 'journaled on thearbor T4; and driven from any suitable source of power. A spring-'78 normally holds the clutch menibersoutof engagemerrt, while a rotatable cam or shil t-ing sleeve 7 9 interposed between the lntb of the sl'idable clutch member 73 and a collar 89 fixed on the end of said arbor serves to move said clutch member 79 into engagement ith its companion clriven clutch member 76. A coil spring 81 connected at one end toth'e bracket .16 and at its other end to a depending arm of the shitting sleeve 79 tends normally to hold the latter in its inoperative or released position.

Springs 83 surrounding theupright post and located above and below "the toggle slide 67 serve to absorb the shocks incidental to the raising and lowering movements of the latter. 9 i

The shiftin'gsleeve '79 of the Windlassing clutch is turned in the proper direction to move the clutch member '78 into engagement with its companion clutch member to raise the toggle slide 67 and in turn contract the cable loop 61 about the barrel staves through the medium of the foot lever 37', the clutch sleeve by a flexible member 85, which may he I? in the for-In ot a chain, as shown i Fig. 3, the tront end 0 5 said chain being directly connected tosaifd lever arm and its rear end being fastened to an arm 86 extending up \vardly and reartvardly from said shifting sleeve. Normally there is sa -fic-ient slack in this chain to permit of the initialmoveinent of'the foot lever without affecting; the clutch operating mechanism.

The cable loop is preferably held in a horizontal positionabove the 'pl atfiorn'r 17 upon a pair of upright rods 8 havingsugit able guides 88 at their upperen'd-s for supporting the loop at its lfront side. Each rod mounted for vertical adjustment in the outer end of a rook bar 89 preferably fulcruined on the bottom edge of the platform rim '99. A stud bolt' 9'1 depending from the platform passes through 'a slot 92in the re spective rook bar and a spring- 93 a plliliec l to said holt resists the inward rocking movement otth'e corresponding rod 8 7. *Theup per sides of the inner ends of the rook bars bear against cam flanges 9'4 depending from a rotatable adjusting ri-n g 95 disposed centrally on the underside of the platform 17 and held frictionully in place by a pair ott retaining clips 97 yieldingly mounted on said platform as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Genter'in'g lugs 98 formed on the underside the platform about its opening 22 serve to guide this ring during its rotary movement. A suitable operatinghaindle 99 extends laterally from said ring, as shown "in 7 and 9. By rotating the ca-m ring in one 'di-- reo'tionv or the other the "cable supporting rods 87 are correspondingly tilted inwardly or outwardly to enable the size of the cable loop to be changed to suit barrels of different diameters. It Will be understood however. that the ends ofthe cable which are attached to the horizontal slides are first loosened therefrom before-adjusting the loop to a desired size. v It is "necessary that the -pull on"the ends I end to the bracket 16 by a bolt 100 and held in adjusted position by a strap -101 adjustable horizontally at the upper end of said bracket. This adjustment may be effected by a clamping bolt 102 engaging said strap and passing through a horizontal slot 103 in the bracket. In the upright position of the post shown in the drawings, the cable loop is of the proper size for making large barrels, while for barrels of a smaller diameter said post is tilted forwardly and the cable loop correspondingly reduced.

. A diagonal brace rod 104 may beemployed for further holding the post in a set position, one end of this rod being pivotally fastened toone end of the arbor 74 by means of a bolt 105, while its upper end is suitably connected to the pulley housing 71 or other adjacent part, as shown in Fig. 3.

Briefly stated, the operation of the machine'is as follows:

A set of staves of a barrelare assembled in an annularrow on the supporting plate 25 with their lower ends snugly fitted within the end hoop 32, as shown in Fig. 4. The operator then depresses the foot lever 37, the initial movement thereof forcing the head supporting disk 33 upwardly into the upper end of the barrel, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6. While in this position, the heading is placed on said supporting disk, after which the foot lever is further depressed to engage the clutch 78, 7 6 and cause the cable loop 61 to be drawn tightly about the staves and compress them into engagement with the barrel head. The upper hoop 28 is thendriven into position and the foot lever released, whereupon the parts au tomatically return to their original position and are ready to make the next barrel.

I claim as my invention:

1. A machine of the character described, comprising a platform for the assembled staves, avertically movable head support, means for compressing the staves about said head, and unitary means for actuating .said head support and said stave compressing means I 2. A machine of the character described, comprising a platform for the assembled staves,a vertically movable head support,-

elevating means for said head support, means for compressing the staves about said comprising a platform for the assembled staves, a vertically movable head support, elevating means for'said head support, a draw cable includinga loop arranged to en circle the staves, means for contracting said cable loop to compress the staves into engagement with the head, and a foot lever for controlling said elevating means and said loop contracting means, one arm of said lever being operativelyconnected with the head support elevating means and the other arm operatively connected with the loop contracting means.

4. A machlne of the character descrlbed,

comprising a platformv for the assembled staves, a vertically movablehead support, elevating means for said head support,'a draw cable including a loop arranged to encircle the staves, a single means for contracting said cable loop to compress the staves into engagement with the head comprising a pair of horizontally movable cable slides, a vertically movable toggle slide operatively connected to said cable slides, means for ac tuating said toggle slide in a direction to contract the cable loop about the barrel staves, and a single means operatively con nected to said head support elevating means and said toggle slide actuating means for successively controlling the' movement of said parts. e I

e 5. A machine of the character described. comprising a platform for the assembled staves, a vertically movable head support,

elevating means for said head support, a draw cable including a loop arranged to encircle the staves, means for contracting said cable loop to compress'the staves including a power driven member, a clutch for said member, and a control lever operatively connected with said elevating means and said clutch.

6. A machine of the character described,

comprising a platform for the assembled staves, a vertically movable head support, elevating means for said head support, a draw cable lncludmg a loop arranged to encircle the staves, means for contracting said and s'aidclutch shifting device, onearm of said lever being operatively connected with the elevating means, and a flexible connection between the other arm of said lever and the clutch shifting device whereby said parts are actuatedat predetermined points in the movement of "the lever.;

7. A lIlQOlllllfagOftllG character described comprising a stave assembling platform, a vertically movable head support, and means for lifting said support comprising two op:- positely disposed vertically swinging levers, a link connecting the levers with. each other, a second link connecting one of said levers with said head support, and: a control lever operatively connected with the'other of'said levers.

8. A machine of the character described, comprising a: base, a stave assembling plat form mounted on said base, a vertically movable head support, and means for lifting said support comprising a verticallyswinging elevating lever fulcrumed at the rear end of said? base, a link connecting said lever with said head support, a second lever fulcrumed for vertically swinging movement at the front end of said base, a link connecting the rear arm of said: second lever with the elevating lever, and an operating lever arranged to actuate the other arm of said second lever.

9. A machine of the character described, comprising a base, a stave assembling plat form mounted on said base, a vertically movable head support, and means for lifting said support comprising a verticallyswinging elevating lever fulcrumedat the rear end of said base, a link connecting said lever with said head support, asecond lever fulcrumed for vertically swinging movement at the front end of said base, a link connecting the rear arm of said second lever with the elevating lever, a, suspension spring applied to the latter for cushioning the return movement of said head support, and an operating lever arranged to engage the other arm of said second lever.

10. A machine of the character described, comprising a. stave assembling platform, a vertically movable head support, an elevating lever operatively connected to said head support, a draw cable including a loop arranged to encircle the staves, means for contracting said cable loop to compress the staves including a power driven member, a clutch for said member, means for controlling said clutch, and means for successively actuating said elevating lever and said clutch controlling means comprising a foot lever, a flexible connection between said foot lever and said clutch controlling means, a lever consisting of two sections arranged to normally swing about a common fulcrum, one of said lever sections being operatively connected to said elevating lever and the other arranged in the path of movement of said foot lever, and means for yieldingly connecting said lever sections whereby they are held immovable relatively to each other to swing about their common fulcrum during the initial operating stroke of the foot lever.

11. A machine of the character described, comprising a stave assembling platform, a

vertically movable head support, an elevating" lever operaticvel-y connected". to sai dhead support, a draw cable including a loop arranged to encircle the staves, means for con.- tracting said cable loop to compress the staves'including a power driven member, a clutch for said member, means for control ling'said clutch, andmeans for successively actuating said elevating lever and said clutch controlling meanscomprising a foot lever having its rear arm operativelgy' con nected to said clutch controlling means, a vertically swinging lever having'its rear arm operatively connected. to said elevating lever, a second vertically movable lever fulcrumed on the front arm of'said first-named lever and having its front arm arranged in the path of movement of said foot lever, and a spring connecting the-rear arm of the first named lever with the correspondingarm of the second lever, said spring tending to: hold the connecting levers immovable relatively to each other duringthe initial operating stroke of the foot lever but permitting said second lever to move independently of its companion lever on the final strokeof the foot lever. p

12. A machine of the character described comprising a stave assembling platform, a vertically movable headsupport, an elevating lever operatively connected to said head support, a draw capable including a loop ar ranged to encircle thesta-ves, means for con tracting said capable loop to compress the staves includinga power driven member, a clutch for said member, means: for controlling said clutch, and means for successively actuating said elevating lever and said clutch controlling means comprising a foot lever, having its rear arm operatively connected to said clutch controlling means, a vertically-swinging lever having itsc rear arm operatively connected to said elevating lever and its front arm provided with a stop shoulder, a bell crank lever fulcrumed on the front arm of said last-named lever and having its front arm arranged in, the path of the movement of said foot lever, the rear arm of said'bell crank lever being provided with a stop normally engaging said stop shoulder, and a tension spring connecting the rear arm of said swinging lever With the corresponding arm of said bell crank lever. v

13. A machine of the character described, comprising a base, a stave assembling platform, a vertically movable head support, means for lifting said head support, and means for arresting the upward movement of said support including an adjustable drum mounted on said base and having a handle. a flexible member connected at one end to said drum and at its other end to 7 said lifting means, and means for frictionally holding said drum in adjust-ed position.

1a. A machine of the character described, comprising a stave assembling platform, a

i draw cable including a loop arranged to en circle the staves, and yielding means for supporting said loop in a substantially horizontal position, said supporting means being movable in unison with the loop during its expanding and contracting movements.

15. A machine of the character described, comprising a stave assembling platform, a draw cable including a. loop arranged to. en?

circle the staves, upright posts mounted on said platform and capable of'tilting radially thereof, and guides carried by said posts for supporting said-cable loop in a substantially horizontal position.- I

, 16. A machine of the character described comprising a stave assembling platform, a draw cable includinga loop arranged to encircle the st-aves, rock bars yieldingly mounted on said platform, upright posts carried by said bars, and guides on said posts forsupporting said cable loop in a substantially horizontal position.

17 A machine of the character described comprising a stave assembling platform, a draw cable including a loop arranged to encircle the staves, yieldable means for supporting saidloop in a substantially horizontal position and means for adjusting said loop supporting means whereby the size of said loop is varied. V

' 18. A machine of the character described comprising a stave assembling platform, a draw cable including a loop arranged to encircle the staves, vertically swinging rock bars, fulcrumed on said platform, upright supporting devices carried by said rock bars for holding said cable loop in a substantially horizontal position, means for yieldingly resisting movement of saidrock bars in one direction, and a cam. ring rotatably mounted on said platform and co-operating with said rock bars for limiting their move ment in the opposite direction.

20. A machine of the character described comprising a stave assembling platform, a

draw cable including a loop arranged to encircle the staves, vertically swinging rock bars fulcrumed on said platform, upright posts moimted 1n the outer arms of said bars, guides carried by said posts for supporting said cable loop in a substantially horizontal position, springs applied to one side of the inner arms of said rock bars for yieldingly resisting movement thereof in one direction, and an adjustable cam ring mounted on said platform and cooperating with the other sides of said inner arms for positively limiting the movement of the rock bars in'the opposite direction.- EDWIN F. BEUGLER." 

